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AMP settles class action for $110m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2023
AMP has put to bed a class action relating to fee for no service scandals and misleading regulators as exposed by the Royal Commission but claims no responsibility in settling for $110 million. The class action filed in June 2018, affected AMP shareholders ...

Pacific Equity Partners finances reverse mortgage lender

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2023
Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) will finance Household Capital, a reverse mortgage lender, to address the retirement funding and housing needs of senior Australians. PEP is investing in a financing layer of Household Capital's funding structure, alongside ...

AustralianSuper bungle underpays some Choice members

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023
... regularly," the spokesperson said. It is the second bungle that has recently come to light from the nation's largest super fund and its administrator Australian Administration Services. In May, AustralianSuper said it will refund $70 million it overcharged ...

Leigh Watson caps four decades in industry

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
... within the business. We've worked hard, but we have also had a lot of fun along the way," a colleague posted on social media. "As everyone says when you look back over your working life, it's the people who matter most. I've been lucky to ...

Iress expands superannuation leadership

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2023
... Zealand at Fidelity National Information Services (FIS). His previous roles include business development manager at Media Super, sales associate for Mercer's super and investments arm, and a sales manager role at SS&C Technologies. His first role in ...

MySuper products bounce back: Data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023
The recent surge in equities should see MySuper products return an average of about 9% for FY23, according to Rainmaker Information - a finding supported by those funds that already released figures. Modelling by Rainmaker shows superannuation returns ...

Rainmaker MySuper index outdoes S&P ASX 200

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2023
... in in 2021-22 dwindled by 7% to $4.5 billion, down from the record $4.9 billion in claims paid in 2018-19. Consequently, super funds are now providing average standard insurance cover of up to $201,000 for young members, which decreases to $56,000 for ...

Labor advances super performance test changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2023
... years. In providing further details, assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones will mandate super funds that send notification letters to members of failing Choice products to adjust for flag cost considerations. Trustees ...

Cbus appoints chief executive, deputy

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2023
... finalised its merger with EISS Super in May. It marked Cbus' second merger in 13 months after it joined forces with Media Super in April 2022. Arter, who joined the fund in July 2020 from BlackRock and the Victorian Funds Management Corporation ...

Treasury to scrap advice admin burdens, boosts intra-fund advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
... (Recommendation 13.6), until Treasury's review into the regulatory framework for managed investment schemes. A boon for super funds Superannuation funds will be given more leeway to provide retirement advice and information to their members, as accepted ...